Events for April 2024

February 6, 2017

Battlement Mesa Residents Cheer Staff Report: Deny the “Injection Well Zone”

WCC Press Release Garfield County Planning Staff Recommend Denial of “Injection Well Zone” in Battlement Mesa Glenwood Springs—Battlement Mesa residents had something to celebrate this weekend […]
February 1, 2017

Protect Battlement Mesa’s Drinking Water

Tell Garfield County that toxic waste water wells don’t belong next to our drinking water supply Earlier this month, Ursa Resources and Battlement Mesa Partners asked […]
September 11, 2014

Piñon Ridge Mill License Questioned (yet again)

Last week, Denver District Judge Robert McGahey ruled that the contested Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill license needs further review to ascertain if the application from Energy […]
September 8, 2014

Media coverage of WCC Coal Forum

  KREX TV-w/ video: “The conservation group said it isn’t completely opposed to the idea of a coal mine, but is very skeptical over the potential […]
July 31, 2014

Uranium: Cleanup before Start Up

by Dudley Case, Ridgway, and Emily Hornback, WCC Organizer As one drives the Scenic Byway 141 from Grand Junction to Nucla and Naturita, winding through the […]
July 30, 2014

River Watch, GVCA partner on water monitoring

by Joyce Wizer and Lisa Bracken, Grand Valley Citizens Alliance The River Watch program started in 1989 with six schools on the Yampa River in northwest […]
July 15, 2014

Gunnison River Float Trip and Clean Up!

Join Western Colorado Congress, Western Slope Adventures, Colorado Canyons Association, and the Grand Junction BLM Saturday, July 26th for a day on the Gunnison River. On […]
November 12, 2013

Move fracking away from Colorado’s water!

In the wake of two events, Coloradans across the state are calling for buffer zones between oil & gas and water. The tragic floods that surged […]
August 16, 2013

Whitewater drilling proposal draws crowd

Nearly 75 people turned out for an August 8 public meeting in Whitewater on the Fram drilling proposal.  The unincorporated community packed a meeting hall to […]